The Boy Who Carried Spain
While there were many highlights to the FIFA World Cup final between Spain and Argentina, one of the most captivating elements of the game was the presence of Lamine Yamal — Spain’s 19-year-old superstar. He joined the ranks of Barcelona at the age of 15, won a victory for Spain in UEFA Euro 2024 and made a major contribution to Spain in the World Cup. Yamal is of Moroccan heritage on his father’s side and Equatorial Guinean heritage on his mother’s.
- ▪While there were many highlights to the FIFA World Cup final between Spain and Argentina, one of the most captivating elements of the game was the presence of Lamine Yamal — Spain’s 19-year-old superstar.
- ▪He joined the ranks of Barcelona at the age of 15, won a victory for Spain in UEFA Euro 2024 and made a major contribution to Spain in the World Cup.
- ▪Yamal is of Moroccan heritage on his father’s side and Equatorial Guinean heritage on his mother’s.
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While there were many highlights to the FIFA World Cup final between Spain and Argentina, one of the most captivating elements of the game was the presence of Lamine Yamal — Spain’s 19-year-old superstar. He joined the ranks of Barcelona at the age of 15, won a victory for Spain in UEFA Euro 2024 and made a major contribution to Spain in the World Cup. Yamal is of Moroccan heritage on his father’s side and Equatorial Guinean heritage on his mother’s. Despite being eligible to play for either of these countries, he chose to represent Spain — the nation he was born and raised in. Nonetheless, he often embraces both sides of his heritage on the field by wearing uniquely tailored boots that display the flags of Morocco and Equatorial Guinea.
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